As leader of our PGCTHE programme, I keep an eye out for resources to help staff teach effectively. These include webinars, podcasts, online toolkits, publications and more. Topics include active learning, online/blended teaching, accessibility/inclusion, and effective learning design based on cognitive science. Below I’ve listed items that came to my attention in the past week. In the interest of clarity, our policy is to show the titles and descriptions in the language of delivery.
Online events and webinars
April
- 20/4/2023 Centre for Online and Distance Education, Supporting student voice and students as partners in a blended environment
- 20/4/2023 #TELresearchers Lancaster University, #TELresearchers with Dr Bonnie Stewart
- 20/4/2023 Advance HE, Student Engagement Conference 2023: What does student engagement mean to you? (in-person conference in Manchester)
- 24/4/2023 Active Learning Network, Global Festival of Active Learning
- 24-28/4/2023 QAA, Assessment Festival “We will dare to be controversial, ask those difficult questions and take a forward-facing look at how assessment may evolve. The festival will bring different voices from the sector to share and celebrate assessment practices that enhance student experience.”
- 26/4/2023 Digitally Enhanced Education Webinars, University of Kent, Using Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Student Voice
- 26/4/2023 University of Birmingham, HEFi Reading Group: Becoming a critically reflective teacher Ch. 13 with Stephen Brookfield
- 26/4/2023 IFNTF Global Seminar Series, What does flourishing in the tail end of the pandemic look like?
- 26/4/2023 Vevox Pedagogy 2023 series, Alex Pitchford, Aberystwyth University, presents ‘Increasing Engagement & Active Learning using Vevox in Maths and Sciences’
- 26/4/2023 Turnitin Protecting Academic Integrity in 2023, Webinar 3: The Student View On Contract Cheating and AI Writing Tools
- 27/4/2023 Future Teacher Webinars, Rich Media 3 Video – Reflected
May
- 9/5/2023 University of Westminster Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation, Student Partnership Framework Launch Event (download the framework)
- 9-11/5/2023 University of Liverpool CIE, Islands of Innovation
- 12/5/2023 ENAI, Tips and tricks for running survey-based research in Academic Integrity
- 16/5/2023 Advance HE, Mental Wellbeing in HE Conference 2023: Putting theory into practice – Creating a whole university approach to student and staff wellbeing (in-person conference, Manchester)
- 17-18/5/2023 Change Agents Network conference, Reimagining student/staff partnerships to generate new learning opportunities
- 24/5/2023 Royal Society for Chemistry, Inclusive science teaching by design: building success for all learners into your lessons
June
- 9/6/2023 Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) “Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Assessment“, pre-conference online event
- 30/6/2023 Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) “Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Teaching, Learning and Assessment“, in-person at King’s College London, Strand campus
July
- 12/7/2023 ENAI and University of Derby, European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia (hybrid in person and online)
Resources and publications
Resources on Artificial Intelligence
- Burgess, M. (13/4/2023), The Hacking of ChatGPT Is Just Getting Started, Wired
- Cassidy, C. (16/4/2023), Australian universities split on using new tool to detect AI plagiarism, The Guardian
- Compton, M. (15/4/2023), Generative AI: Friend or Foe? (two short videos and one 42-minute audio recording), Martin Compton, University College London
- Cotton, D. R. E., Cotton, P. A. & Shipway, J. R. (13/3/2023), Chatting and cheating: Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT, Innovations in Education and Teaching International.
- Fowler, G. A. & Merrill, J. B. (13/4/2023), The AI bot has picked an answer for you. Here’s how often it’s bad, Washington Post
- Jiang, L. (2/3/2023), Survival Strategies in the Era of AI Taught by Stanford (10-minute video), AIRE Program, Stanford University
Other resources
- Costello, E. (13/4/2023), OER23: ‘A one star review’ (blog post and recordings of several keynote speakers from the OER23 conference)
- Cottingham, S. & Clark, J. L. (13/4/2023), Meaningful Learning (downloadable poster based on David Ausubel’s concept of meaningful learning), One-pagers, Jamie Clark
- Eaton, S. E. (14/4/2023), A Comprehensive Academic Integrity (CAI) Framework: An Overview, Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary, available for download from Learning, Teaching and Leadership
- Forsyth, R. (25/3/2023), Oral examinations, Assessment in Higher Education
- Pleschová, G. & Simon, A. (Eds.) (2022), Internationalising teaching in higher education. Supporting peer learning, Delft: Delft University of Technology. Output from IMPACT project.
Other
- Monthly series European Network for Academic Integrity, ENAI monthly webinars free open webinars on various topics related to academic integrity.
- Subscribe to SEDA’s mailing list for email discussions about educational development and emerging teaching practices. This is one of the sources I use when identifying useful material for the Roundup.
- Follow University of Birmingham’s Higher Education Futures institute HEFi on Twitter for daily posts with links to pedagogical literature and more. This is one of the sources I use when identifying useful material for the Roundup.
- Join the #LTHEchat on Twitter Wednesday nights for one hour of lively discussion about learning and teaching in HE. I often find out about good resources for the Roundup from the chat.
- Call for papers due 15/5/2023, King’s College London, University College London, the London School of Economics & Political Science and Imperial College London Academic Practice and Technology Conference (APT) 2023 (hybrid in person and online), Implications and Ethical Dimensions of using Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education teaching, learning and assessment
Please see the Staff Training booking page for training offered by the LTEU and other Aberystwyth University staff. I hope you find this weekly resource roundup useful. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact our team at lteu@aber.ac.uk. You may also wish to follow my Twitter feed, Mary Jacob L&T.
